Rail-joint.



F. VENCHES.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIGATION rILBD AUG.23.1912.

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INVENTOR UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

FRANK vENcHEs, or

HOLDEN, 'WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD T0 F. A.

SHARPE, OF HOLDEN, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Janes, 1913.

Application led August 23, 1912. Serial No. 716,757.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that-I, FRANK VENCHES, a subject of the King of Hungary,residing at Holden, in the county of Logan and State of West Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, ofwhich the following is a specification, .reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of my inventionare to provide novel splice-bars for connecting the confronting orabutting ends of rails whereby said rails cannot become longitudinallyor vertically displaced.

Further objects of my Vinvention are to rovide a strong and durablejoint consist- -ing of comparatively few parts that can b'e easily andquickly assembled by unskilled labor, and to accomplish the aboveresults by a mechanical construction thatI is inexensive to manufactureand highly ellieient or connecting the ends of rails.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in anovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the dr-.iwing, wherein like numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the rail joint. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with onesplice bar removed. Fig. 3 is a cross scctional view of the rail joint.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the splice-bars thereof, and Fig.5 is a perspective view of the end of a rail in accordance with thisinvention'.

The reference numerals 1 denote rails having the webs 2, at the ends ofsaid rails, provided with side enlargements 3 having the innerendsthereof beveled, as at 4. The base lianges 5 of the rails are cut away,as at 6 beneath the side enlargements of said rails. Bracin'g the sidesof the railsA 1, at the ends thereofnare splice-bars 7 and saidsplice-bars have the inner sides thereof cut away, asat 8 to accommodatethe side enlargements 3 of said rails. The cut away portions 8 of thesplice-bars 7 have inclined or beveled end walls 9 that engage thebeveled ends 4 of the side enlargements and assist in preventinglongitudinal and vertical displacement of said rails. The outer sides ofthe splice-bars 7 are enlarged, as at 10 to strengthen and re-inforcesaid splicebars, and the lower' edges of said splice-bars, intermediatethe ends thereof, are provided with integral base plates 11. The haseplates 11 lit in thei cut away portions 6 of.

the base anges 5 and coperate in supporting the webs 2 and the sideenlargements 3 thereof.4 The base plates 11 have transversely aliningopenings 12 to receive bolts 13 upon which there are screwed nuts 14 forlocking the base'plates 11 and the splice-bars 7 in engagement with therails l.

What I claim is In a rail joint, the combination with rails having thewebs thereof provided with side enlargements, the outer ends of saidside enlargements being beveled, and the base flanges of y'said railscut away beneath the side enlargements thereof, of splice-bars bracingthe sides of said rails, said splicebars having the inner sides thereofcut away to receive the side enlargements of said rails, the cut awayportions of said splice-bars presenting beveled end walls for engagingthe beveled outer ends of the side enlargements of said rails, baseplates formed integral with the lower edges of said splice-bars andfitting in the cut away portionsY of the base fianges of said rails,said base plates having transverse alining openings formed therein,bolts extending through the openings of said base plates, and nutsscrewed upon said bolts.

In testimonywhereof I ax my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK VENCHES.A

Witnesses:

F. F. ROBERTSON, F. A. SHARPE.

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